| GOLDESBERRY GALLERY // JAN 03 // 6-8PM |
The gallery is located at 2625 Colquitt on “Gallery Row” in the Upper Kirby District. Gallery hours are 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. For more information about this exhibition and other work, please contact the gallery at 713.528.0405 or www.goldesberrygallery.com. |
| Edward Lane McCartney "SHIFT" January 14 - March 17, 2012 |
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| Edward Lane McCartney's "SHIFT" is a departure from his narrative to the realm of the abstract, exploring optical kinetics, through shifts in color, texture, and the play of light, in both his sculpture and jewelry, with his always novel integration of unexpected materials, will be on view at Goldesberry Gallery starting with the opening reception Saturday January 14, 2012, 6 - 8 p.m., through Saturday March 17, 2012. McCartney's work is inspired by his encounter in the Spring of 2011 with Venezuelan artist, Carlos Cruz-Diez, and his revolutionary concepts on the liberation of color from form and the complete denial of the sensuous, the figurative, and the narrative as influenced by the linage of movements born of the Russian Constructivists. McCartney has eschewed the pleasure of what is comfortable in his own work and has constructed a new paradigm to explore the abstract with an emphasis on the kinetic. Homage is paid to Cruz-Diez in a series of brooches of stacked colored wood and PVC transparencies which shift palette from right to left. McCartney has transformed the humble paperback book with hundreds of folds and bright paper inserts to form sculptures, optically manipulating color with the motion of the viewer. His "Moiré" series of composed printed acetate sheets of linear pattern strobe with the movement of the wearer. Plastic cable ties again make an appearance in patterned paintings that explore shift in the form of density and orientation. His "Etna" jewelry series of black volcanic sands from Mt. Etna exhibit more subtle shifts through texture, sheen, and color. Additionally, On view in the gallery will be McCartney and Cat Coombes' reprise of their Craftism Manifesto and The Kenmore Mini- Fridge. "Shift" marks McCartney's 10th anniversary of exhibiting his work with Goldesberry Gallery |
